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Ban on Glyphosate - Telangana
May 10 , 2021
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- The Telangana Government recently imposed a total ban on Glyphosate.
- The Glyphosate is a controversial herbicide usually use to kill weeds in cotton farms.
- The usage of Glyphosate is banned because it is carcinogenic.
- Also, it is being banned to control the illegal cultivation of HTBt cotton.
- Glyphosate is absorbed through foliage (plant leaves).
- It is minimally absorbed by roots.
- In 2015, World Health Organisation classified Glyphosate under Category 2A, that is, a “Probably Carcinogenic in Humans”.
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